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Definition of buffer zone in English:

buffer zone

noun

‘the soldiers quickly established a 2.5-mile-wide buffer zone between the opposing forces’

figurative ‘the works fit in some buffer zone between categories’

‘This is to occupy a 25 kilometre wide buffer zone along the Eritrean side of the border until UN cartographers can demarcate the disputed frontier between the countries.’

‘The situation at present stems from an area of land - the buffer zone - which was established in the peace agreement at the end of the Kosovo conflict.’

‘In 1975, the island was partitioned into Greek and Turkish territories separated by a UN-occupied buffer zone.’

‘The Seventh Army, led by Brandenberger, was to attack in the southern flank, as designated by Hitler, and to create a buffer zone to prevent American reinforcements from attacking the Fifth Panzer Army.’

‘They lived in the overpopulated buffer zone between two hostile neighbours, Scotland and England, where employment and farmland were limited.’

‘The land here was settled in about 1820 to form a buffer zone between the established white farms and the Xhosa, the indigenous people.’

‘Since then, UN peacekeeping troops brought to the island following intercommunal fighting in 1963 have patrolled a buffer zone separating the two communities.’

‘Groups of ethnic Greeks and Turks waved at each other as they walked across the buffer zone that 24 hours earlier had been a no-man's land.’

‘West African military leaders are due to meet here tomorrow to create a peacekeeping force to replace the French troops in patrolling the buffer zone and monitoring the ceasefire.’

‘This spelt trouble for Johnson's Indian nations, which had previously been a buffer zone between the French and British, while also holding a degree of the balance of power.’

‘Under the agreement, only lightly armed police are allowed to patrol the buffer zone.’

‘Since the events of 1974, UN peacekeeping forces have maintained a buffer zone between the two sides.’

‘United Nations peacekeeping forces maintain a buffer zone between the two sides.’

‘The French troops withdrew, leaving a buffer zone separating the north and south and set up elections in order to form a government in the south.’

‘By seeking to establish what was, in effect, a buffer zone under French military control on the Eastern border Lyautey appeared to subordinate France's Moroccan interests to her Algerian ones.’

‘France and Italy are expected to take the lead in forming the new Unifil force, which will be heavily armed and authorised to take ‘all necessary action’ to prevent hostilities in the buffer zone.’

‘The French army intervened to protect its nationals and to set up a buffer zone to prevent the conflict spreading south.’

‘Hard-core government loyalists increasingly are insisting that the French clear a buffer zone between north and south to allow government forces to attack the rebels again.’

‘The soldiers deployed in late December and early January 1996, and quickly established a 2.5-mile-wide buffer zone between the opposing forces.’

‘Security usually meant gobbling up surrounding lands to create a Russian buffer zone.’

1.1An area of land designated for environmental protection.

‘each park will be bordered by a buffer zone where farming will be encouraged’

‘Pinnacles's new lands, previously managed by the Bureau of Land Management, establish a protective - and permanent - buffer zone around the monument.’

‘Unlike the national parks, a biosphere reserve has a core zone, which is the actual protected area, a buffer zone where limited human activity takes place and a development zone where there is human habitation.’

‘The Save Coate group is trying to make Swindon Council enforce a 1km-wide buffer zone of protected land around the lake.’

‘The board voted to eliminate hunting and trapping on a buffer zone of state lands bordering Denali that make up a portion of the world-famous Toklat pack's territory.’

‘The crisis has led to calls for the provision of a 100-mile buffer zone around the island to protect the seals and other wildlife.’

‘Years ago, Vetter began planting double rows of pines, with 60 feet of untilled sod in between, creating a buffer zone to protect his crops from pesticides drifting over from neighboring farms.’

‘Establishing thick vegetation, such as turf or pasture grasses, or leaving an untreated border are two ways to provide a buffer zone between a pesticide-use or handling site and a sensitive area.’

‘They hold out the hope that the city government will be forced to establish a buffer zone surrounding the dump, which will require the municipality to buy their farms from them.’

‘Plans for a buffer zone around the smelter plant to protect nearby communities from harmful effects of their operations are also said to have been mentioned in the discussions.’

‘Do we need to create, for instance a buffer zone between the National Park area and the urban development?’

‘The pressure group, The Friends of Hilperton Gap, argue the road would ruin the area of green open land that currently provides a buffer zone between Hilperton and Trowbridge.’

‘The plan divides the waterway into four major sub-areas - the protection zone, buffer zone, exploitation zone and reserve zone.’

‘‘Our policy is that there must always be a buffer zone around the national park but, once you rezone, there are no guarantees,’ the chairperson said.’

‘Mr Monaghan was blocked by the local authority on the grounds that the site was within a buffer zone of visually sensitive land.’

‘Accordingly, that explains, in part, why so much of this land has not been actually used, except perhaps under the characterisation as a buffer zone, or land set aside for future development, or land to protect the reservoir from erosion.’

‘As Bob Phelps mentioned, the size of the buffer zone separating GE and non GE crops on farms is contentious.’

‘The project spans eight countries, from Mexico to Panama, and seeks to blend existing parks with buffer zones and protected corridors, creating a web of biological passages that will allow species to migrate from one area to another.’

‘This new land, half of which will be used as a buffer zone for local residents, will also include a civic amenity recycling centre.’

‘The Power Minister has claimed that the new project would be in the buffer zone of the national park and would cause no harm to the unique ecosystem of the region.’